Combating Adult Obesity: A Social Cognitive Approach to Reduce Local Obesity Overview of the Program Focus The health crisis of obesity is becoming an epidemic in the United States. Currently in America‚ more than two thirds of all adults are either clinically overweight or obese (The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases‚ 2012). Within the population of obese individuals nationally‚ adults within the age group of 40 to 59 have the highest prevalence rate of obesity
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development due to these junk foods. That is one of many reasons why puberty has extended to the mid twenties. According to ‚“How Nutrition Affects your Brain”‚ by Monica Reinagel‚ MS‚ LD/N‚ CNS‚ the brain needs a number of different nutrients to develop properly. It has been proven that‚ “a healthy diet does seem to delay or protect against age-related cognitive decline” (“How Nutrition Affects your Brain” 2). If a healthy diet delays against cognitive decline‚ the same concept should apply to the
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publish his first articles in psychiatry in the 1950s‚ and two among those articles are seminal for cognitive therapy. When he was already 31 years old in 1952‚ he was able to publish his first psychiatric article‚ a case study about treatment of schizophrenic delusion. It was the first of numerous publications he made that were later on recognized as significant precursor to the development in cognitive therapy. In the mid-1950s‚ his publications declined as he played an active role as a parent to his
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There are many early theorists that have influenced the field of psychology and mental health. Two of who are Erik Erikson and Jean Piaget. Their Psychosocial and Cognitive Development Theories outline development stages and the differences and similarities of these are outlined below (Varcarolis‚ E.‚ Halter‚ M.‚ 2013). Erik Erikson was a child psychoanalyst who explained development as happening in eight life stages. His psychosocial theory dealt with eight stages throughout the life of a person
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In 1941 Miller and Dollard proposed the theory of social learning. In 1963 Bandura and Walters broadened the social learning theory with the principles of observational learning and vicarious reinforcement. Bandura provided his concept of self-efficacy in 1977‚ while he refuted the traditional learning theory for understanding learning. The Social Cognitive Theory is a theory that deals with cognitive‚ emotional aspects and aspects of behavior for understanding behavioral change. It is a belief
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Psychodynamic Theorist Psychodynamic Theorist Throughout psychology‚ many theorists are remembered for his or her work in specialized areas. Sigmund Freud‚ Erik Erikson‚ Alfred Adler‚ and Carl Jung were psychoanalysts. Each theorist had his own view and that view was brought into the psychology field and has earned its own right to become a theory. Many of the theories are still used today and may continue to be used in future studies. Sigmund Freud became known as the founding father of
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1. Stress Theory Cognitive-relational theory defines stress as a particular relationship between the person and the environment that is appraised by the person as taxing or exceeding his or her resources and endangering his or her well-being (Lazarus & Folkman‚ 1984b‚ p. 19). Appraisals are determined simultaneously by perceiving environmental demands and personal resources. They can change over time due to coping effectiveness‚ altered requirements‚ or improvements in personal abilities. The
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accomplish the same goal. The examples you provided explaining the Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy theory really helped me understand how the theory in practice could help others. Personally‚ I feel most at ease with the Person-Centered Theory because I believe through one’s strengths one is able to get through whatever situation you are encountering. I also resonate with the closeness that is felt between the client and therapist in this theory type. Person-Centered counseling focuses on‚ “how the client
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Humanism‚ behaviorism‚ and the cognitive theory Depending on how you look at it humanists‚ behaviorists‚ and cognitivists can be very different or very much alike. When looking at the three side by side humanists are the least structured‚ behaviorists are the most structured‚ and cognitivists fall somewhere in between. Each theory has its own ideas and ways of learning. Humanism believes learning occurs primarily through reflection on personal experiences. Cognitivism thinks learning occurs
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The Cognitive Association Theory discusses drug addiction through others‚ individuals value‚ attitudes‚ and motives for criminal behavior. The addiction of the drug is used by withdrawal of distress‚ but without the absence of withdrawal‚ then one does not become addicted. The addiction is quick and permanent‚ especially if one uses other drugs. Some have solid concrete evidence support for this theory. Thio‚ Taylor‚ and Schwartz‚ state‚ “among patients who have been given morphine to kill their
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